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SELSEY, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: Workers from Chichester council clean spilt debris from a refrigeration container that fell from a tanker and washed ashore on the beach on December 10, 2025 in Selsey, England. A clean-up effort is underway to remove debris from England's southern coastline after sixteen containers carrying bananas and other fruit tipped off the Baltic Kipper cargo ship into the Solent strait between the Isle of Wight and British mainland. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Space

The best sci-fi novel in 2026 so far – plus 6 other great reads

Sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson rounds up her favourite reads of the year to date – and highlights one particular book as her top pick

Culture

2HJ8ENK Mother and her son lying down on the beautiful spring field in the sunny park.

Life

The 17 best popular science books of 2026 so far

Culture

Our verdict on The Selfish Gene: An unpopular piece of popular science

Life

Our verdict on The Selfish Gene: An unpopular piece of popular science

Culture

Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World is still supremely relevant today

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Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World is still supremely relevant today

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TORONTO, ON - APRIL 30: Saudi Arabian citizen Humanoid Robot Sophia is seen during the Discovery exhibition on April 30, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Phoo by Yu Ruidong/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images)

Technology

New Scientist recommends an excellent look at the future of work

Culture

How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962

Environment

How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962

Culture

Alice Roberts

Humans

Alice Roberts: 'We are fundamentally, at the end of the day, animals'

Culture

CXP17N Giant Anatomical Man model outside the Tate Modern London promoting Damient Hurst

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New Scientist recommends a deep dive into our organs by Giulia Enders

Culture

The best new popular science books of June 2026

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The best new popular science books of June 2026

Culture

The book jacket of Togetherness by Rowan Hooper

Life

New Scientist recommends Togetherness, a radical new view of life

An exploration of how biological cooperation underpins all life - and why we’ve overlooked its power until now - makes thrilling reading, finds Penny Sarchet

Culture

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The best new science-fiction books of June 2026

Culture

Life

Read an extract from The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Culture

Environment

'The book is in the future, but everything is seeded from our present'

Culture

Life

New Scientist recommends Turi King's expert book about DNA's secrets

Culture

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